We will be heading back to Ghana on Monday, the 26th of February. We are excited to be getting back to work. We are leaving about 3 weeks later than we usually do because the cardiac doctor wanted me to do some cardiac rehab before we return to Ghana. I had a cardiac stent placed in my Left Anterior Descending artery of my heart in December. I am under no restrictions so we are ready to get busy!
Last week Kandie and I got the “flu” which slowed down our preparations for departure but we are on the mend and checking things off the “To Do List”!
I talked with Timothy Niligrini last week and Mr. Iddrisu a couple times today. Both are doing well and looking forward to us getting back.
The year 2017 was a good for the Lord’s work in the Yendi area. We work with such a good team of men, much of the credit for these efforts go out to the men who help us with the work. Listed below are some of the highlights of the evangelistic efforts for 2017. Our thanks go out to all of you who help support the work; without your support these projects could not have been completed.
- 137 people were baptized into Christ (recorded)
- 63 souls were restored to the Church (recorded)
- Annual 3 day seminar held at Kulkpeni – attendance 524 – John Colgan and Steve Carr came from the states to teach at the seminar
- 3 rooms were built at Kulkpeni for additional sleeping quarters for the seminar
- We attended the opening of a new church in Kumasi and gave a monetary donation
- Attended naming ceremonies for church members (like a baby shower)
- Distributed used clothing to the churches for the poor in the congregations
- Held a “mini” seminar and invited 2 brothers from the southern part of Ghana to talk about registering the churches
- Helped Sobitito, Napaache, Nakpa, Nanjuni, Sako, Binalado and Mulipido with matching funds to build church buildings
- Helped repair damaged church building at Mpeasam
- Supplied church leaders with bicycle tires, tubes and repairs
- Taught monthly evangelist / church leader classes; provide the students with transportation money, lodging, food, pens, paper, class material, and cell phone units
- Repaired evangelists’/church leaders’ motorcycles and bicycles
- Helped with funeral expenses for church members
- Helped with hospital fees, food and expenses for church members
- Gave the church at Duuni a white board and markers
- Made and distributed 2 more podiums and 1 sign board
- Provided benches to the churches
- Provided Timothy Niligrini with a cell phone to facilitate the work
- Gave all the evangelists and church leaders shirts and ties
- Provided churches with communion trays and cups when needed
- Bought and distributed Bibles in English, Dagomba, Anufo, Twi and Konkomba
- Bought Bible recorders in the Konkomba and Dagomba languages
- Continued to loan out the Beka Flash a Cards for teaching of the children
- Registered additional churches; laminated and framed the certificates for safe keeping
- Provided each registered church with an account book for the treasurer
- Transported men to and from the seminar in Tamale
- Subsidized the communion juice for all the churches
- Helped repair the roof on one of the evangelist’s houses
Please keep us in your prayers that we might be able to do good work for the Lord this year. We also ask that you remember Jimmy and Mary Stroud in your prayers as Jimmy is having some very trying health issues to deal with.
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In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
